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A stalled referendum. On June 27, Haitians were slated to vote on constitutional reforms allowing for consecutive presidential reelection and abolishing the Senate. But the vote was postponed and a battle continues over whether President Jovenel Moïse's term has already ended. Read about the political tensions, deepened by soaring gang violence and the lack of a vaccine rollout.
Chile's crowded field. The country takes its first steps toward picking the next president in the July 18 primaries. With Daniel Jadue on the left and Joaquín Lavín on the right considered frontrunners, take a look at how hopefuls poll in our tracker.
Think big. Kamala Harris' recent trip to Latin America was a step to control spiking migration, but it's not easy to repair the structural causes. As AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth writes in the Miami Herald: “What might make a difference: increased trade and greater investment.”
A win for institutions. In Mexico's midterms, the ruling party lost legislative seats, gained governorships, and split the capital. But who won? The electoral agency, INE, which, even with threats against its very existence, oversaw the country's largest elections in history, argues AS/COA's Carin Zissis in World Politics Review.
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